I had forgotten about them, actually. But they might actually be a better way
to go.

--
Kathy Davies, CNE
System Information Manager
Lamar County Schools
v.770-358-8668 f.770-358-8669
http://www.lamar.k12.ga.us
________________________________________
From: PGUG@yahoogroups.com [PGUG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Roger Sprik
[rsprik@...]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:59 PM
To: PGUG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PGUG] New Group - PTGUG

The only thing that ever kept me BEFORE from recommending the
PowerSource forums was the ability to participate just from email, as we
do on Yahoo. They recently added a great "Watch" feature to all the
forums. If you put a "Watch" on the MAIN forum page, you will get all
the forum posts as emails and can reply via email. Their "bracketing" of
the forum name also allows easy email rule creation to shunt those
emails off to a separate folder. You can also, of course just "Watch" a
particular topic area or category. Me, I'm not one for categories, I
want to see everything :-)

If you do go online you can "accept" a good answer if you were the
original poster, you can "vote" on posts you found useful, and there are
many other cool features.

I think the only issue right now on PowerSource is there are at least 3
forums right now for PowerSchool users... the PowerSchool forum, the
PowerTeacher forum and the Community forum. Already we've seen confusion
about which one to post to and I don't blame the users for that
confusion. I subscribe/'Watch" all 3 and I can tell you that Pearson's
policy of allowing and even encouraging Pearson staff contributions is
already very compelling... they jump right in with very helpful posts,
which they are not allowed to do on Yahoo.

The Community forum is for issues that are not PowerSchool specific,
which would include users from other Pearson product lines, like
SMS/SASI/etc.

The PowerTeacher forum is what is sounds like, and I have to assume it
would include users from other product lines that use PowerTeacher.

The PowerSchool forum is pretty much like PSUG.

Hope this helps!

I was not asked by Pearson for this plug... I just personally think they
have finally gotten the forums right. :-)

Roger Sprik
Technology Director
Valley Christian Schools
Cerritos, CA



_____

From: Terry Starr [mailto:tstarr@...<mailto:tstarr%40uaschools.org>]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:48 AM
To: PGUG@yahoogroups.com<mailto:PGUG%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PGUG] New Group - PTGUG

Thanks Roger. I will check out the PT forum. I appreciate your
willingness to share your opinion which is very valuable to me!
Terry
On May 11, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Roger Sprik wrote:

>
>
> If we're starting from scratch, I would encourage consolidating the
> discussions on the new PowerTeacher forum in PowerSource. They have
> really done some good work recently on the forums, enough that I think
> it can replace Yahoo. I would not have recommended that ever before
> until recently. In practice PGUG has not proven to be as effective
> as it
> could be because most gradebook questions still show up in the general
> group, requiring one to subscribe to both anyway. Just my opinion
> and my
> 2 cents, for what it's worth.
>
> Roger Sprik
>
> _____
>
> From: kdavieslcs
[mailto:kdavies@...<mailto:kdavies%40lamar.k12.ga.us>
<mailto:kdavies%40lamar.k12.ga.us> ]
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:12 AM
> To: PGUG@yahoogroups.com<mailto:PGUG%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:PGUG%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [PGUG] New Group - PTGUG
>
> I just wanted to announce a group that might be helpful
> (eventually) to
> those switching from PowerGrade to PT Gradebook.
>
> The group is PT Gradebook Users Group - PTGUG.
>
> Please join us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PTGUG
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PTGUG>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PTGUG
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PTGUG> > if you think this might be
> helpful for you or if you have things to contribute!
>
> Kathy Davies
> Systems Information Manager
> Lamar County School District
> Lamar County, Georgia
> kdavies@...<mailto:kdavies%40lamar.k12.ga.us>
<mailto:kdavies%40lamar.k12.ga.us>
<mailto:kdavies%40lamar.k12.ga.us>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

Terry Starr
PowerSchool Coordinator
PowerSchool Office Office: 614-487-5158 x 130
Upper Arlington Schools Main Office: 614-487-7656
4770 Burbank Drive FAX: 614-487-5350
Room 202 Cell: 614-560-0683
Columbus, OH 43220
tstarr@...<mailto:tstarr%40uaschools.org>
<mailto:tstarr%40uaschools.org>

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change
the world." ~Nelson Mandela~

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




This message is intended only for specified recipients. If you are not the
intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing, or
taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly
prohibited. This communication represents the originator's personal views,
which may not reflect those of Lamar County Schools. The sender believes that
this E-Mail and any attachments do not contain a virus, worm, Trojan horse,
and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have
been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any
attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and
remedial action about viruses and other defects.

If you received this email in error, please immediately notify Technology
Services, Lamar County Schools, 100 Burnette Rd., Barnesville, Georgia 30204,
Telephone Number: 770-358-8668, E-mail address: techsupport@...